The Golden Dragon
- Intent: A new species for Kestri and a reason to test out cloning tech I won in an auction.
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- Name: Gaht'yc Kuryida'edee
- Designation: Semi-sentient
- Origins: Kestri
- Average Lifespan: 100-200 Standard Years
- Estimated Population: Rare
- Description: A reptilian tyrannosaurid with white down feathers.
- Breathes: I
- Average Height of Adults: 2 Meters at hips.
- Average Length of Adults: 9 Meters
- Skin color: Neutral colors, typically greys and browns, and shades of pale.
- Hair color: shades of white and grey down feathers. Juveniles can have brown stripes in their down.
- Distinctions: Being a Kestri subspecies of the Kuryida Edee, the Gaht'yc Kuryida'edee looks largely similar to its cousin. The major distinctions are that it is covered in down feathers that provide insulation against the cold, and it is mesothermic as opposed to ectothermic. They also tend to be about two-thirds the size of a standard Kuryida Edee, though some alpha males can grow to be just as large.
- Races: N/A
- Force Sensitivity: Force Dead
Strengths:
- Nearly as powerful and deadly as their Kuryida Edee cousins.
- Highly intelligent, though not quite to the level of true sentience.
- Able to endure the extreme colds of Kestri.
- Snow camouflage.
- Unsuitable for domestication, due to being highly aggressive and territorial, and cannot be soothed using the Force.
- Small population. Being relatively new, they haven't had all that much time to reproduce yet, but their nature tends to lead them to smaller populations anyway.
- Diet: Primarily Carnivorous and Ovivorous.
- Communication: Vocal, including growls and roars, and body posture.
- Technology level: N/A
- Religion/Beliefs: N/A
- General behavior: Gaht'yc Kuryida'edee are largely the same as the species from which they were modified. They are also capable of going into hibernation during the coldest, harshest season on Kestri, though this is usually only done if there is a shortage of prey.
Sahan Dragr
won a Sasori Junjita at a Charity Relief Auction. Although he was a Forgemaster, cloning and genetic modification was new territory for him, so he went to Kamino to study. The very first project Sahan underwent was attempting to adapt a species for the cold climate of Kestri, and he chose the Kuryida Edee. The main reason for this was to see if he could adapt reptilians to the frozen planet in hopes of someday maybe bringing Mythosaurs to Kestri. Thanks to his study with the Kaminoans, and with much assistance by Artus the Mind Forge, Sahan was succesfully able to genetically modify some Kuryida Edee eggs into a whole new sub-species. The eggs were able to hatch after a successful incubation period --which actually did not require very warm temperatures. The experiment was an overwhelming success, and the Gaht'yc Kuryida'edee thrives in its new home on Kestri. However, some orbak herders haven't been exactly pleases that there is a new additional apex predator that could potentially go after their livestock....
